Alumni Profiles

September 2009

From the President: President Michael F. Adams on student life
Cover Story: Bridging a divide
Feature Stories: Hula Hoops, bubbles and plate tectonics; Leading by example
Closeups: Clicking into UGA; The expanded Tate Center
Around the Arch: Best in show; Homicidal poisonings on the rise; Students spend a year on world’s longest book; Historic past unearthed; Med ed; Full bloom; No fish tales here; Autism education program expands; Putting the heat on high school sports; Kudos to Kupets; Nationwide Tour comes to UGA golf course; Arch news; UGA presence in the high court; Stimulus money funds curator; The day the music died; New Dawgs get taste of service learning; Former alumni relations director dies; Accreditation for Public Health; Fundraising record set; Researching PTSD and drug abuse; Lab rats and episodic memory; Can’t see the campus….for the trees; Going green with steam; Dormant fountains flow again; Picture this!; Stay connected with UGA; A decade old and going strong; Grass that thrives in sun and shade; Arch Partnership wins award; Tiny salamander makes a big splash
Alumni News & Events: Alumni Association Calendar
Alumni Profiles: Legal beagle?; All in the family; She rules the schools
Class Notes: Class Notes; Grad Notes; Obituaries
Class Notes Extras: In memory of Cayle Bywater; Ex-pat expert; Sweet Lantana; Arch trustee oversees public health interns in New York; Full of beans; Victor Profis; UGA law grad appointed to 11th Circuit Court; Atlanta alumni get new digs; Letter from Alumni Association President Vic Sullivan; Why I give
Back Page: Paige Carmichael

All in the family

Carla Case McCorvey (DVM ’99) was born to practice veterinary medicine. The fourth generation veterinarian worked with her father, Jerry Case (DVM ’75), as a young girl, making cotton balls and sterilizing equipment in the animal hospital her great-grandfather Erle Case …

She rules the schools

There is a quiet intensity to Wanda Barrs’ voice as she discusses the need for change in Georgia’s K-12 curriculum. “Our standards clearly haven’t been what they needed to be,” she says. “We need to align them with those at the …

Legal beagle?

Stan Baker (DVM ’08) always wanted to be a veterinarian. But at the University of Arkansas, where he completed his under- graduate work, his older brother recommended he pursue chemical engineering. It was a good move, he says. “Succeeding in the …